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The Purchase Price is a 1932 pre-Code American drama film, which was directed by William Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, and Lyle Talbot. Adapted from the novel by Arthur Stringer, with a screenplay by Robert Lord, the film is about an attractive nightclub singer who leaves her criminal boyfriend and travels to Canada and becomes the mail-order bride of a humble farmer.
Original Release
07/23/1932
US Release
07/23/1932
Cast
Name | Character |
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Barbara Stanwyck | Joan Gordon / Joan Gordon Gilson |
George Brent | Jim Gilson |
Lyle Talbot | Eddie Fields |
Hardie Albright | Don Leslie |
David Landau | Bull McDowell |
Murray Kinnell | Forgan / Spike Forgan |
Leila Bennett | Emily |
Mae Busch | Queenie - Girl on Train |
Nick Copeland | Skins' Pal at Shivaree |
Mike Donlin | Tom Buchanan - Man at Shivaree |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Barbara Stanwyck | Joan Gordon / Joan Gordon Gilson |
George Brent | Jim Gilson |
Lyle Talbot | Eddie Fields |
Hardie Albright | Don Leslie |
David Landau | Bull McDowell |
Murray Kinnell | Forgan / Spike Forgan |
Leila Bennett | Emily |
Mae Busch | Queenie - Girl on Train |
Nick Copeland | Skins' Pal at Shivaree |
Mike Donlin | Tom Buchanan - Man at Shivaree |
Harrison Greene | Man in Train Station |
Crauford Kent | A.C. Peters - the Banker |
Matt McHugh | Waco - Fields' Henchman |
John 'Skins' Miller | Skins - the Accordion Player |
Carlyle Moore Jr. | Hotel Desk Clerk |
Edmund Mortimer | Dance Extra |
Henry Otho | Extra in Beer Hall and at Shivaree |
Bob Perry | Waco's Pal |
'Snub' Pollard | Joe Atterbury - the Harmonica Player |
Victor Potel | Clyde |